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IRELAND, 1920’s : “I WAS HANGING HANDCUFFED BY THE WRISTS…”

Posted on November 22, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (22ND NOVEMBER) 100 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF AN IRA HUNGER-STRIKER. Andrew Sullivan (aka Andy O’Sullivan, pictured), 5th Battalion, Cork 4th Brigade, was one of three IRA men to die on hunger-strike in 1923 – he was … Continue reading →

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25 YEARS OF AGE – “GAVE HIS LIFE TO IRELAND’S NAME…”

Posted on August 2, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (2ND AUGUST) 101 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF “AN INFLUENTIAL AND FORMIDABLE” IRISH REPUBLICAN SOLDIER. Henry James ‘Harry’ Boland (27th April 1887 – 2nd August 1922). “I rise to speak against this Treaty because, in my opinion, … Continue reading →

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THE REPUBLIC SO ESTATED AND FUNCTIONING.

Posted on November 7, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (7TH NOVEMBER) 95 YEARS AGO – LAST LETTER FROM AN IRA HUNGER-STRIKER. “Dearest Br. Miceal, Thanks ever so much. I really can’t find words to explain adequately my gratitude for your prompt response to my appeal for … Continue reading →

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AUGUST 1923 , IRELAND : ELECTIONS, HUNGER-STRIKES AND ‘BIG HOUSE’ BURNINGS.

Posted on August 27, 2014 by 11sixtynine

By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. The position of the Free State government had worsened steadily from the introduction of the ‘terrorist legislation’ of 1931 : within themselves they had not resolved the tensions created by the … Continue reading →

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